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Not a Winograd Schema, but I once read an example where adding the word "the" to an English sentence inverted the meaning: "The criminals were in the possessio
by tacon 10y ago
Not a Winograd Schema, but I once read an example where adding the word "the" to an English sentence inverted the meaning:
"The criminals were in the possession of the police."
"The criminals were in possession of the police."
One of the odder quirks of English.
- zeckalpha 10y agoAs a casual observer that does seem like a Winograd Schema. What disqualifies it?
- panic 10y agoWinograd schemas depend on world knowledge. The phrases "in the possession of" and "in possession of" mean different things apart from any particular knowledge about police or criminals.
- rvense 10y agoDennis Skinner, member of the British House of Commons, once said in a speech that "half the Tories opposite are crooks!". When asked to withdraw the statement, he said "OK, half the Tories opposite aren't crooks." So in the presence of 'half', even 'not' can be unpredictable...
- gfaure 10y agoAmusing... but this isn't the same kind of ambiguity as he intentionally made the negation have the wrong scope. The expected negation would be "It is not the case that half the Tories opposite are crooks".
- rvense 10y agoBut haven't you then still left the crook-edness of the other half unstated and suspiciously ambiguous?
- zeckalpha 10y agoThat's the denotation vs. connotation split. To me, the denotation is different but it does not resolve the scoping of "they", rather the connotation is what resolves the scope.
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